China said on Thursday it was “normal” to carry out ballistic missile launches, after a U.S. media report accused Beijing of having test-fired an intercontinental weapon last week. U.S. media site Washington Free Beacon, citing unidentified Pentagon officials, reported that China had carried out ...

China’s Defense Ministry appeared Thursday to confirm a test of an intercontinental missile over disputed waters in the South China Sea. A three-sentence statement posted on the ministry’s website posed the question of whether China had fired an ICBM in the area of the ...

North Korea’s “successful” submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month was, in fact, an explosive failure that was not even launched from a submarine, separate expert analyses concluded Wednesday. The North released a video of the purported Dec. 21 test on Saturday, showing leader Kim ...

The U.S. Navy fired an unarmed missile from a submarine off the coast of California and managed to create a stir on social media because people as far away as Nevada and Arizona reported a streak of light in the night sky. A navy ...